J E CALDWELL FLORAL REPOUSSÉ STERLING SILVER COMPOTE TAZZA 1898 w/ Provenance

Description

STERLING SILVER J. E. CALDWELL
FLORAL REPOUSSÉ
TAZZA, BON BON TRAY, COMPOTE or COMPORT
Markings on base:
"STERLING   J. E. CALDWELL & CO    1898"    -  off to the side it is marked - "1849B"
Approximate manufacturing date:
1898
Weight:
240 grams
Approximate Size:
7 inches wide across the top, 3 inches wide across the base, and 2.25 inches tall
Pattern:
1849B
Monogram:
"GVC"
Provenance:
Mary Ann Allen was my great, great grandmother who married Ellis Clark, II in 1851. My sister has 2 oil portraits of our great, great grandparents as well as a history of their lives, passed down by my grandmother. Mary Ann Allen Clark and Ellis Clark died in 1888 leaving the estate and jewelry to their only daughter, Gertrude Vaughn Clark (GVC), my great grandmother; who was only 19 at the time of her parents’ death. Gertrude Vaughn Clark married Marmaduke Dudley Smith, and they had 2 girls, Margaret Vaughn Smith, my grandmother and Gertrude Dudley Smith. Margaret Vaughn Smith married Dr. Francis Wells Davison, my grandfather and they had 2 children; Joan Dudley Davison and Richard Alvin Davison, my father. My aunt, Dr. Joan Dudley Davison died young (age 31) as did my father, Dr. Richard Alvin Davison (age 42). I was 13 when my father died, Margaret Vaughn Smith Davison, my grandmother, made sure to pass on the family heirlooms and family history to each of her 4 granddaughters of which I am one.
Thank you for your interest.